The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-15 00:00:00

~--. Birth ;giv i ng for to bo used 'b day Of have beell chs 1111 d el g raei d lused Vt c 4 ribivg inde x d .;tioil SO. 1y t ut cube in TD IIP O 9 : ti 0 0 024 JO ' bY ; 1 0V bet' e r, th l i: b e ; ceJ r d the 111" ea. gio ,6 jai g re : o all t ; In d tin In t" uon 11" a I st gi v ' c i LOP' ) 'll' en tto " .eor , bee iPith XONEY MARKET AND COLIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'C LOCK . A very fair demand for monetary accommodatiou - b e reported today i n di scount circles, and it has een s upplied o n t erms ranging from 61 to 6Z per cent. for the b est commercial bilis. The available bala nces are on l y moderately large, but they are a niPle for all the requirements of the mercantile „ "h 2 rnn rlitY• Th e market appears a little easier, 11 ` 2 the brokers show more willingness to transact busi ness e than for th e past few days. tuh alterations which appear in the weekly re rn of th e B ank cf England to Wednesday last important, but they are partly due to circum -Btances peculiar at this time of the year, such as the distribution of the dividends and the repayment ' 3 l loa n ,. dent The Other Securities and the Govern• Deposits consequently show a decrease, while le private balances have been largely augmented. ( , ) :iving to the large demand for gold to the Con vent and and the East, the stock of bullion shows il l ' ed action of nearly half a million. Subjoined are 4a Particulars Active Circulation 520,763,495 Bull• • .. Increa se • " • • ..45,235 *. • • .. 13,708,597 Rest Decrease 3 488,157 I,4liencrea se 3 5 6 9 5, 0 8 4 6 5 1 Deposit; * 5 , 264,097 Decrease .. • " • • 2,3.59,190 • 15 411 794 vlaer Deposits In " • • • 2,35),190 e ven Day and other Bills .. 632,925 G Increase clvertuaient Securities ' • " 11,077,189 Increase 120,000 Other Securitie.s. • • • • " 20,555,386 Decre e e • •• 1,877,377 tnem s• : • •• • • • 6'927,185 DarinDecrease' e • • • 578,815 b t ;g the last few days there has been very little col onia l transacted in the markets for foreign and °,.aial produce. Sugars have sold slowly, at h as be reduced prices. For coffee, however, there f ril s .rell a fair inquiry, at full rates, while tea, rice, 4 1)13 14 a nd spices have remained without change of cosl r , rtatie e- Business in the tallow market has fo r t b -a ed Very ciniet, at about former quotations c)th present and forward delivery. d et ha I Vestern Lif e A ssurance Assoc i at i on have sur"a,:ntnined• to extend their o p era ti ons t o fi re in colal a nd the p ros p ec t us w ill b e f oun d i n another hayi,, n ' The Western possesses the advantage of ar,etitg already- a very numerous body of ac ti ve the k :: a nd thus business will be commenced under tines favourable auspices. The share applica day fclose to-morrow for London, and on Mon or those from the country. Two O'CLOCK. 14 4t 41 th e Paris B ourse to-day (according to Mr. C6f ß e' n rs tel egram), the 3 per Cent. &rites were ( 66 f. 65 c , S tea d y. cp,,,,, ) 13411 k of F rance return for the past month, chli-AeB r t ed to yesterday, exhibits the following or : -"''An increase of £4,560,000 in discount! ; current in Banknotes ; and £220,000 in ui ,t accounts. Al so a d ecrease o f £1,765,000 in in t‘tit°4; o f £504,000 i n a d vances ; and of £405,000 N ot e Tre asury b a l ances. tak en th e slightest movement of importance has b ut Place to-day in the English Stock market, Co n ti , t he wh o l e a little firmer tone is manifested. for 1 8 1 8 for transfer re ma i n at 90; for money, and ar f et about he a ccount. Th e N ew Th rees an d R e d uce d 90 ! ; ; Exchequer Bonds are par to 1 06 1 1 T I ndia 5 per and Cents. have been dealt in at k .\lart°re b usiness h as b een negotiated in the Foreign !q e 4 , et to.d ay, and prices are generally higher. 00:leaa are at a n a d vance , b e i ng 35; ; Turkish Gre e k have i mprove d to 4 6 1 47k, a rise of i ; m g i n als o hi gher at 231 24k ; the Coupons re. a e ",, 4 t 102. 111; an d Sp an i s h Passive have tes tes to 34i 2 , a rise of about ; ; and the Cert . - Qjes als o exhibit an advanc e of 1, at 13 The of il , fed etate Loan has reached 44 46, in consequence culation for a rise. tim e l a t he Railway Share Mark e t b us i ness h as con „,;`,!ery inacti ve , b u t a fi rmer tone prevails. GEastern and Great Western have advanced reat Northern A Stock and North Western, Raste r ittd Metropolitan, 15s. ; Midland and North °reign and TheoriTer wick ), however, have declined ss. l ' er Y Colonial undertakings remain pric es. • 'e, and exhibit no material alteration in Bank and , stan ces t Iscellaneous shares are in several in -114,,,e Blight;Y enhanced rates. Oriental Bank t raP , 4 r°v ed to 61; Hindustan, Chine, and IlrePtarern Australian ° 351., Mauritius Credit are quoted 1k 44 , • JAationai Shipping Company, 2to 21 Shipping Company, 1 to 11 prem. ; 4 Anglo Italian Bank, 11, 1 prem. RlTlsja a ,oytit,„„.. Pura:Is—CLOSING PRICES. rldt ` , ..Etpr "4t . CO ' ljlsls • Dot to nsols ....... 901 Feb.Na Cent, unt 4 Ikper ee tleed 9ok I ,4 3 1 r _ nt 9 04 6 at Cen t. Jan 1894 ,Per 0 Per c e • eta, ••••t• Annuities b it il t iti eN 3 ' 11 411 0 nities, Jan. 18731 bit s o f or 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — b i „‘Q (ha ~Yre, expire sth April, 1885 — b ; b,to 6 p:" . S ea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — 'Lte 4 Cent. 1870 bit Per Cent. 1888 . 1 4.k ch bit t Z ditto April, 1864 No eßid ditto A 1864 or 66 13 to 1,000, 21 & 3 per C ent. par 4 die %."-etto £ 5OO k nti mid £lOO and £2OO i ßd st k , 4 3 / 4 per Ct., last hf.-yr 237 et City ru b itt ta c k , 18 TilithiENT SECURITIES. Ditto ice, 74 Ditto 6 p er t illt ..... bit bo 4 p er July, 1870 t e Ill eeec rit• 1888 lOO i tto 6 p er c Paper, 4 per Cent .. bell e Jan. 1872 .. 104 bi t .? tio,2_itres, 4 per Ct Aug 1866 991 ~. der 411°° ° .. p ar az% ............ bit lo 44 6 p e „'' PT -INDS—CLOSING PRICES. mit t ) 183 9 `-ent . 0 and 18i5 ........ b. Ditt o Pr C ent 13,, e itt o •). 85 2-58-60 40, zip, 1 863 1863 1 dis (4 1 44 4 3 '4e 6 £45 paid shwa, 6 Ile t, per Cent.... e" r c"C e b r l, P £5O pd b ... ................. ...... . 81/ `;" • to 1.1 e; 4 .1 Ex. 12 Guilders co.l4o4zoylidated, '1 per Cent eu.L.and Warrant Ditto Per l ' (1 Ip t t Ditto Co Ac ceb ent., 12' Dit t ' 2 4-5, ex-Coupons P u4 43 ° .... .41i 4 4414 ktuti c 4 6 p er Aer 6t'3• t.bit s _ a4 a nt,(x i nt • e 4e KJ A ver —a renataana Railway) 4 4: 84 I N ee°lll lt. ilt • • ...... b to 2 kla, ... Per Cent Otob Per Cent .......... )) 0 at, efe rrea nt, 1 14 ...•Ead .01t,tiztvie Cents .......... — 10 A ce Per c e „ (Hectares) Di t t o 3 pe °ll tlt. . 1853 47i ti, t o 40 r ... .. '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 47/ bi~ se : t ! o tt 6 p g ! p ; s4 4} tjeu t., . 86/ /)!I t ' o l ltt n " . Cent 1860 St _ li ttt e Per 0 1860 ..... N•d irli 6 p er jnt., 1 869 bit. 411 6 ei lt, 1862 „ t° A kt 1:11 0 , egat ..... a e4t.e Lie.•.......... I) it .. ....... i.t w befe'f:,•eu _• P k e , 1 4 , 3 , 11 1t .. .• • • ........... Ive IV,„ 1 , 4 11 e cee nnt .. ar t• °E.00.0 ......... -11 4 p t . i 411, .. P not funded b k itotl 6 itrecel;. ,ttco o4 tnt. 1864 1 1 er e • _() R t• 135'1 70 I)ie ttt e cent . t ° ~nt. . , t l e r nt - 130111.8 ................... or_er, eeat. ............... 67 et t tt e b e g b ar4 nte e d " 6 ' 13 ..... ettl 04t 4 per c ........ 'Oit t ela 3 uree 4 ent. ..bit..... Ac co Per Ce t , it P e r et., Oct,, 1863 bi t r G p e .. • lB% ... liilpt7llocaebtiot.v:eEpexa ..... 55 London. b l it tl ' 6 et C elli' 12 Gull . .. .. 4) A p er ee • Certille t ceo l4it 4t .) 1861 — 641 eF!_ ........ 101 a E x 25 francs.. 67i Oo !'l ' ..... ... ..... tto - on e 37 THREE O'CLO CK, *4 lt . ..... ...................... 90/ .. ........ et', 91 SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share Railways. P Paid. Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Blythe and Tyne. flost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 8 81 81 84 66 121 122 7 7i 1) 0 A (A t!cts no div Do. B till6pc.p an.has been paid to 11. !Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 37 39 16 17 96 138 107 109 49 50 46 48 71 8} Ditto East Anvlian et GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland ,Great Western 127 ¶2B 133 134 1M 136 98 103 65} 651 Do Str Val gna. stock [Lancashire& Yorkshire London and Blackwall , Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, aad Dover Lon. & North Western, Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares... 'Metropolitan Midland Do New 110 11011 72 73 107 109 43 44 106} 1061 1011 104 49 50 107 109 1276 128 16 Itp 97 99 Do Birrning..t Derby Jiid Gt W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares I Mid Rent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do North London 52} 63i 25 tG 1031 103 59 60 891 99} Do New ...... North StatTordshire N. and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central 123 128 1 2 1 78 79 11 11i 124 126 43 45 98 100 Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stock.. 'Shrews. and Welehpool Shropshire Union .... South Devon -..... ;South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dual Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton Darlington Do • . Do New, 1806 Va1e.......__.... 63 64 33 3i 95 953/4 08 100 10 104 18 39 94 101 r, 71 8 p 158 100 5 61 21 31 p Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .it Kilkenny ,West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland —Oxford NewportDo Do Hereford 83 86 170 175 22 25 BRITISH POSSE Shan 100 5k 20 Railways Atlantic & Si Lawrenct Rom.,Barodadz.Cent Ino Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxeli uroii Do. Preference stock stock stock stook stook stock stock stock stock fluffalo,Brant,&GoClrici 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572, Do. do. July 1, 18;:-, Do. do. June I, Clcutt a..r S. Eastn.( Lin Cape Town J.: Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Paul, all lou 100 100 100 100 100 100 Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. • • Do. 4f p. o. Extension, Dc.4y do-. Do. Fifth Extension. Ilelb.Corp. a p. 0. Bnds. Ilelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. along. Bds. Newßrunsmok a Candy: Class ,k and B. N.itl.C'da6 pc Ist t bds Soinde .......... Do. Delhi Do. do . ...• Do. Punjaub C Do. Do. ........ , all 100 (100 100 2 all 100 ,100 SIONS. Closing Prise. 0 104 1.C5 P 1 p 6 6i 8} 94 1(3 1(5 101 103 1061 107 ; 115 1 1 6 1 1P 20 21 73 75 50 61 66 08 53 b 6 51 53 41 %3 26 28 22 74 116 107 1 16 I 1 11 p 1031 104 i 91 101 101 101 , . U 3 05 86 88 iP 104 WS OS 100 14 OS 57 59 3 5 82 84 104 105 1031 1041 if) 103} W 4 100 102 stock st ock lio.ll } 74 i 31 1061 1 101 l 104} 4 s'ook Dc. Indus. St . 6 . 00 1 100 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. :UtuLtiov.bp.c.JaJul) 1877-S4 tea 102 104 102} Do. 6p. c. Feb. dr Aug 100 103 115 Do. dp. a. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 10C 91 82 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 ;Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 I Do. 1891 100 109 11/ I Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 108 110 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 104 106 1041 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 118 110 -- ;N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&Jul l 100 10t 104 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 100 - N. S.W. ( ov. 6 p 2., 18CA 100 99 100 Du. sp. 0.,18/4 to It 7( 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 995 1605 100 - , New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 100 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 100 111 IS. Aus Gt3p.e.1878.6z up 100 109 111 - IVie.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - Do. to 6 p.a Au.&001... 100 'llo 111 1101 f BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 / Id - ;Gifford Amalgamated 365 375 Devon G. Con, (Taoist ) 1 675 685 5825 !East Bassett (Illogan) 30 66 68 1 i East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. id par East Caradon ..... 114.0 26} 261 26 East Caru Brea... . - E. W'lltussel (Tavistk 8.9.0 4 1 5} :Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus l7B 4} 41 ;G. Wheal Vor (Ileiston 40 14 15 !Grenville Iler;.d's-Foot 8.12 17 30 - llingsion Downs 4.18.0 21 3} ;Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelaul 9i 15 17 —llarke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim , 25 1} lel New Seton l9l 60 90 • North Downs N.Wh '1 Basset (111o4au 3.1.0 25 3 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 5 55 Par Consols(st. Blaze>, - Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 1} 425 135 S. Cara Bros (Illogan).. S. Wheal Fran. 18.18.9 1575 62} Stray Park 5 ramar Silv.6; Lead Min 45 h I fin Cron 9 10 20 West Basset (Illogan) l5 11 12 WCs radon (Liskeard( 5 19 21 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 80 65 Wheal Buller (Redrutli) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.8 WhealLudeott Wheal MaryAnni s Lien ) 8 125 135 13} 4 ;Wheal seton 685 150 160 ; Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 24 25 !Wheal Union 3.17 I 3 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4f per cent. rd., 1041 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 108 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 108 7i LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent, 116& London and Chatham, 4f per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stock, 5 per cent., 101} f 1 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 99 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, Ila San Paulo (11m.), gua. 7 per cent., 8} Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), Hi FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim.. 74 Cobre Copper, 35 6 54 Kapunda 14: Yudananiutana of S. Australia (11m.), 24 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &gra and United Service (lim.), 124 Alliance Bank of Lon.on and Liverpool (1b21.), 464 34 Anglo Austrian, 64 Australasia, Ditto, new, 48 9 Bank of Egypt, 261 Bank of London. 185 Bank of utago, lira., 21 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 42 Bank of New Zealand. 1114 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 71 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 414 4 4 1 21 Ditto, new, 19 Ditto, new, 814 2 Consolidated Bang, Rm., Nlff Continental, Urn., 74 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 231 3 European Bank, Rm., 31 3 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 33 Imperial Ottoman, 174 4 4 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4 London and Brazilian thin.), 556 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 491 Ditto, new, 21 4 L on d on chailpred hank of Australia, 27 61 Loncinti ;Qui Coui.ty, 611 hondon and South African, 271 61 London and South American, lira., 74 Merchant Bank, him , 6/ Mercantile and Exchange. Urn., 141 IS Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lira,), 224 3 National of Liverpool, limited, 18 New Zealand, lira , 4 Oriental Bank Corporation, 61 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m0, 63. 7 Union of Australia, 53 Union of London, 42 1/ 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada Land, lim., 80 • Commercial Union (Insurance), 8 1 Crystal Palace, 32} Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., zu English and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Jim., Hudson's Bay. 17i 17 International Financial Society, Um., O if I Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Builds, redem. 1870, issued SOr 83i 4 13.14, 6.4.0 1 9.16.4 TIM SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1861. MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Jomt•stock Discount, 61 London Financial Association, lira., 261 71 6& London General Omnibus Company, 21 National Discount Company, lira., 101 6 National Steam Navigation, lim., Peninsula and ()dental Steam, 79i 8i 0 Ditto, new, 48 South Australian Land, 33 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance). lim., 7} Universal Marine (li.n.) insurance, 5i POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING VALUABLE SHAWLS.—Ann Carey and Mar garet Connor were charged with stealing five French shawls of the value of £35 from the shop of Mr, Edgley, 88, Oxford street-, shawl warehousemen, &c, Thomas Grant, an assistant to the prosecutor, deposed that on the previous evening the two prisoners entered the shop, and Carey said she wanted to look at some dark mantles. He took them then upstairs and showed them several, but none would suit, Connor then called him to the other end of the room, and while he was speak ing to her he saw through a glass Carey put five shawls from off the counter in the show room under her shawl, He afterwards asked one of his fellow assistants whether he had removed any shawls, and at that moment Carey dropped the shawls at her feet. On taxing the prisoners with steal ing the shawls, they said "it was a mistake,'' and that ho must have knocked them down. In answer to Mr. Yardley, the witness said the prisoners on entering the shop said they wanted a cheap mantle. Nathan Leech, 324 A, proved taking the prisoners into custody, and said he found the shawls lying at the feet of Carey. He wished for a remand that he might make in quiries respecting them, Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoners for a week. "RESPECTABLE PERSONS" COMMITTED FOR ATTEMPT ING TO PICK POCKETS.—John Logie, Maria Logie, John Blanc, and James Webb wore charged with attempting to pick pockets in Oxford-street. Sergeant White, 16 D, and King, 76 D, ptoved seeing the Prisoners in Oxford-street the previous afternoon attempt ing to pick the pockets of ladies looking in the windows of Messrs. Grant and Gask, silk mercers, and other trades men in Oxford-street. On taking the prisoners into cus tody the man Logie exclaimed, " It is a piece of insolence to stop respectable persons like us in the street." Blanc said all he had done was to walk with his hands in his own pockets. Logie (the man) said that at the time the officer Eaw him outside Grant and Gask's he was trying to get rid of his wife (Mario Logie), as he was going to present a piece of music to a young lady who his wife was rather jealous of. He could assure his worship it all arose from a misunder standing on the part of the officers. Watts, 181 N, said he had known the Logics for 10 years as companions of thieves. They were both convicted of a robbery at the Agricultural Hall in 1862, and committed for three months each, and he believed the man had then been convicted before. Sergeant White said he believed Blanc had been con victed for a robbery at the Pantheon Bazaar. Barns, the gaoler, said Webb had been before at the court and he believed for picking pockets. Mr. Yardley said it was clear the prisoners had gone to . Oxford-street for the purpose of picking pockets, and com mitted them for three months each. THAMES. A DESTRUCTIVE GREEL—Joseph Pietro, a Greek seaman, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with breaking a large pane of plate glass in the window of the Rose and Crown public-house, in Ratcliffe-highway, last night. It appeared from the evidence of Peter Schut, a young man, the barman and waiter at the Rose and Crown, that the prisoner was passing, in and out of the house, for two hours, last night, He was intoxicated and very noisy, and was repeatedly requested to desist and go home to his boarding house. He took a stone from the inside of his dress and threatened the barman, and struck a woman. At last he was ejected from the house, and immediately broko a large pane of plate glass valued at £2. The land- lord of the house said he was not insured. Mr. Woolrych ordered the prisoner to pay a flme of £3 and £2, the value of the glass, and, in default, six weeks' imprisonment. A few minutes afterwards the magistrate said he had recoasidered the matter. He would suspend his judgment until this evening. He directed Turner, 32 H, who had charge of the case, to lot,k after the woman who had been struck by the prisoner. Ho also directed Roche, the gaoler, to keep the prisoner in custody until the evening. The magistrate translated the whole of the evidence to the prisoner in the Italian language with the greatest fluency, and the prisoner replied to him in the same language. Mr. Woolrych also delivered his judgment first in English and then in Italian. 'We believe this is the last day Mr. Wool rych will preside in this court, to which he was appointed in March, 1851. A great proportion of the sailors and witnesses who resort to this court aro foreigners, and the absence of Mr. Woolrych, who is conversant with 10 different languages, will be much felt. He is the most use ful and able magistrate that ever presided in the Thames Police Court. Mr. John Paget, of the Norfolk Circuit and Liverpool Sessions, whu was called to the bar in 1838, and who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Woolrych, was on the bench this day. It is understood that he will officiate as a " ma gistrate of the police courts of the metropolis" at this court on Monday next. The appointment has given much satis faction. Mr. Paget has had extensive practice in criminal matters. The Liverpool business is similar to that which is the staple of this court. Another vacancy has occurred in the magisterial bench by the election of Mr. Corrie, magistrate of the Bow-street Police Court, to the office of City Remembrancer yesterday. MARKETS—This Day. BIARK-LANE. The arrivals of house-grown wheat fresh up to this morning's market were very moderate. There was no activity in the demand for any quality, yet prices were supported. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. Thst trade for all descriptions ruled inactive; nevertheless, importer° were firm, and late prices were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request at late rated. With barley the market was moderately supplied. Good and fine malting qualities ruled firm at extreme rates; other wise the trade was dull on former terms : Malt was in fair average request, at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. For good and fine corn, the trade ruled steady, at full prices; but heated parcels were on dull inquiry. Beans and peas mot a steady sale, and prices wore sup ported. Barrel flour, of which there was an increased supply on offer, sold steadily, at full currencies; other descriptions ruled steady in price. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. 1 4 :11(2,115h...... 630 I G9O 3170 I 270 740 Iriah ..... ..... 4350 -- Foruign...... 9,150 8,800 ..• 17,710 2510 aka, 3250 brls NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is only mo derate. The trade is somewhat firmer than on Monday at our quotations, Per 81b. by the carcase. s d s'd Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 4 niddling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime largo do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 dad Middlingmutton 4 2 4 4 Prime do . 4 6 4 8 Veal. .. 3 8 4 8 Small pork .... 4 4 4 6 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues to be bUt moderately supplied with English and foreign hops. For all qualities the trade rules firm, and the late advance in the quotations is well supported. Mid and East Rents £5 5s to £9 10s per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 6 158 „ Sussex 6 5s to 6 Os „ Bavarian Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been done in common congou at 12d per lb. SUGAR.—OnIy a limited number of transactions have been reported in West India at barely previous quotations. In the refined market dried goods are without charge in value, _ _ COFFEE,—The dealings have been to an average extent, and both Plantation and Native Ceylon have maintained former prices. RICE,—The operations have been on a limited scale, without any material alteration to notice, TALLOW--Business has been very dull, and the few bargains entered into have led to a slight reduction on prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 6d ; March deli very, 41s 611, and last 3 mouths, 45s per cwt. Course of the Exchange—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto - Montle, 11 19 Rotterdam .. 11 19 Antwerp li r assels — 25 62 -- 25 62! flaniburgh Paris - 13 7 Short. 25 25 Ditto 3 Months : 25 70 Marseilles F ran kfurt on Maine 25 72k 119 Vienna Trieste Peterdburgh _4O Berlin .......... Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan .......... Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto. . 11 161 11 191 11 191 25 671 25 671 13 71 25 30 25 75 25 771 1191 12 45 12 45 33a 471 48 471 481 25 821 '25 871 25 821 25 87f 25 821 25 871 25 82± 25 871 25 821 25 87; 25 821 25 873; 521 ' 521 • 521 • 521 STATE OP TRADE. BRADFORD, Jan. 14.—There is very little wool changing hands today. Though the price of cotton is drooping, the quotations for wool remain exceed ingly firm, with a slight tendency upward. There is a steady business doing in worsted yarns. Prices are rather easier. Orders are running out ; but there ia a considerable new business doing for the home trade, a great number of small orders being placed by merchants. The foreign merchants are doing little or nothing, the Holstein question being still an obstacle to business. In pieces there is a good business doing at very firm prices. The home houses are doing an active business in Winceys. There is a large business doing for America, both in Italian cloths and coburgs. The fancy makers are so busy that they decline many orders offered. LEICESTER, 13th.—The hosiery trade continues quiet, and there has not been much. doing in any department during the week. Business, however, is always dull at this time of the year. There are no stocks of any kinds of goods on hand. The wool market is quiet, but high prices are yet quoted, with no aupearanco of a decline. Yarns maintai❑ very high rates, and spinners are restricting their productions to the actual demand. NOTTINGHAM, 13th.—The lace trade continues dull, and there has not been much doing during the Past few days in cotton goods. There are a few orders in the market for plain stiff nets, as also for Mechlin quillings. The fancy trade remains quiet. There is rather more doing in black siik laces and edging, and more is expected to be done in those articles shortly. The demand for silk Mechlins and silk quillings is without change. Stocks of both silk and cotton goods are very low. In hosiery there is not much alteration. A fair amount of business has been done in some branches, and busi ness generally is healthy. Yarns aro firm, and have an upward tendency. Murder and Suicide at Ipswich. Yesterday morning a jobbing shoemaker, named ' James Gooding, who lived in a narrow back street, called Albert-street, in the parish of St. Clement, Ipswich —one of the poorest parts of the town— murdered one of his children and then cat his own throat. It appears that at about half-past eight in the morning Gooding's next door neighbour, named Norfolk, was alarmed by hearing Gooding's wife scream out, and on running to his door she cried out to him, "For God's sake, Mr. Norfolk, come in—my husband has killed himself and the dear child." Norfolk ran up-stairs, and found the bodies of Gooding and his little daugh ter Elizabeth, about six years of age, lying on the floor weltering in their blood, which flowed from wounds in the throat of each. Although scarcely more than a minute could have elapsed since the commission of the act, both father and daughter appeared dead, and Mr. W. Adam, jun., surgeon, who was almost immediately on the spot, found life to be quite extinct. At the knee of the father lay a shoemaker's knife, covered with blood, and evidently the instrument which had been used. The unhappy father appears to have first cut the throat of his child, who was completely a cripple, having the use of neither arms nor legs, and was besides imbecile and unable to speak, and then to have inflicted a frightful gash in his own, com mencing under the left ear and extending across the throat, severing all the muscles down to the ver tebral. An inquest was held upon the bodies in the afternoon by Mr. S. B. Jackaman, the coroner for the borough, at which evidence was given which went to show that the deceased man had for years been in an indifferent state of health, and that since September last year, when he lost three chil dren in one week of diphtheria, he has been in a desponding state of mind. He was a remarkably well-informed man for his position in life, and up to that time he had been a very sober man, but latterly had indulged a good deal in drink ; he always, however, spoke of the deceased child in terms of the greatest affection, and said he only lived for her. One of the witnesses said when Gooding gave way to drink he was unable to eat, and that during the last fortnight he had eaten next to nothing. The jury thought it desirable that the widow of the deceased should be examined, and the inquiry was adjourned till to-day in order that the poor woman might have time to become somewhat composed, she being at present in so distracted a state that it would be impossible to examine her. Extraordinary Affair at Warwick. At Warwick, on Saturday, Alice Owen made an affidavit tending to establish the innocence of George Cooke, a carver and gilder, who was in dicted at the Warwick summer assizes on a charge of highway robbery with violence, found guilty, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Ac cording to her evidence the young man was in bed at the time the robbery was alleged to have been committed, and she herself confesses that the money, for the stealing of which he was convicted, was in tact never stolen at all, for the prosecutor had given it to her some time before to keep safe for him. The following is a summary of the evi dence on which Cooke was convicted :—The pro secutor stated that he and the prisoner had been drinking together in several publlc-houses in Warwick, and that he himself got drunk. About one o'clock in the morning they started from where they had been drinking for home, the prisoner being at the time quite sober. While they were walking along, the prisoner suddenly turned upon him, and struck him a severe blow upon the head with something hard like a stone. From the effects of that blow he was partially stunned, and fell upon the pavement. The prisoner then rifled his pockets, and, having possessed himself of the money, ran away. Police Constable Waters, who was on duty near the spot where the assault and robbery were said to have been committed, proved finding the prosecutor lying upon the ground, with blood flowing from a wound at the back of head. On' being asked what he was doing there, he answered, " Cooke is a rogue, for he has robbed me and run away," or words very much to that effect. Cooke was subsequently apprehended upon the charge. When taken into custody four half crowns and a few coppers were found in his posses sion.—Mr. Tibbits, for the defendant, attempted to show that the policeman first suggested the name of Cooke to the prosecutor when he found him lying upon the ground, and that then, and not before, he adopted the notion that Cooke was the person who had robbed and beaten him. That, however, Walters flatly deni e d.—S ergea nt W e bb stated hat when the two men confronted each other at the station-house, prosecutor pointed to Cooke and said, " That man has robbed me," upon which Cooke called him all sorts of names, and said that he knew nothing about his money. It was shown by the prisoner's mother that he had money in his pocket before he left home to drink with the pßawlins deposed that she w r a o e s prosecutor: t a o t r e r bedroom Mary window when the policeman Walters found the prosecutor upon the pavement. The policeman asked him what he did there with his Green behaved like a man officer th e n sa id, " What have you done with Cooke?" stupefied e t d u turned inside drink. out. The Prosecutor replied he did not know, upon w hi ch the policeman said, " te t Alice Owen, it in Warwick, and she avers that late on th e ni ght in question the pro secutor Green and the p risoner Cooke both came to l i e n t e i a m i ro g f ; the offence, was living we will go and find hi m. " the house where she was in an intoxicated condi tion.ba d u e t Green, hi n although every thinge tt , refused to follow C w o a o a k d e e w n e e n t te to p b er his companion, and insisted upon going out into the street again. Before doing so, h owever, he emptied his pockets of all the money they contained, and handed it to her to keep safe for him, a trust he had often exercised when visiting her before. He sub sequently left the house, and she heard no more about him, but Cooke remained in bed all night. In answer to the Magistrate, why She has not made her statement before, s h e replied that early next morning she left Warwick, and it was not until recently she heard of the undeserved sentence which had been passed u p on Cooke. At present the friends of the young man are en gaged in procuring signa tures to a document to be forwarded to Sir George Grey. DEATH OF THE Y E N, ARCHDEACON BEVAN.— The death is announc e d of the Yen. Thomas Bevan, archdeacon of St. David's, in his 64th ye ar . F or more t h an 30 years the van. archdeacon had been rect or o f St . P eter ' s, Carmarthen, in the gift of St. D av id's College, Lampeter (value £l7O, population 4,350)i and ho ha s a l so f or man y years held the archdeaconry of St. David' s , w ith th e pre bendal stall of Mydritn, in the cathedral church of that dio cese, value about £oo. Ifo resigned his living from ill health, atter 30 years of unwearied labour and great minis terial usefulness, in N ov ., 1863. lie was a very able and effective preacher ; and, though Evangelical in his views, ho was moderate and unassuming in his enunciation of them. W. M. Thackeray and Robert Bell ; Or, the Stolen Watch and the Spectacled Spirit. An anecdote related by M. Louis Blanc in a letter to Le Temps, a letter full of the most generous feeling, and of fine and penetrating criticism of the genius of our great departed humourist, whose friendship he (M. Louis Blanc) had enjoyed :—" A few years ago the London papers an nounced that a Frenchman, whose name I need not give you, was going to deliver in English what is here called a lecture. Foremost among those who were moved by a feeling of delicate kindness and hospitable curiosity to en courage the lecturer with their presence was Thackeray. When the lecture was over the manager of the Literary Institution where it was delivered, for some reason or other, recommended the company to take care of their pockets in the crowd at the doors—a hint which was not particularly to the taste of a highly respectable and even distinguished audience. Some even protested, and none more warmly than an unknown person, very well dressed, sitting next to Mr. Robert Bell. Not content with speak - ing, this unknown person gesticulated in a singularly animated manner, ' Isn't such a suggestion indecent, sir; insulting ?' said he to Mr. Bell; What does he take us for ?' &c. After giving vent to his indignation in this way for some moments the susceptible stranger disap peared, and when Mr. Robert Bell, who wanted to know how long the lecture had lasted, put his hand to his watch-pocket, behold ! his watch had disappeared like wise. Thackeray, to whom his excellent friend men tioned the mishap, invited Robert Bell to dinner a day or two after, When the day came, Robert Bell took his seat at his friend's table,round which a joyous company of wits were gathered, and soon found himself encircled by a rattling fire of banter about an article of his which had just appeared in the Cornhill Magazine, then conducted by Thackeray; an article remarkable in all respects, and which had attracted universal notice, as a faithful, serious, and philosophical account of some effects of Spiritism, which the author had witnessed at a seance given by Mr. Home. Mr. Robert Bell is an admirable causeur; his talk is a happy mixture of an Englishman's good sense and an Irishman's terse. So his questioners found their match in brilliant fence. Next day a mysterious messenger arrived at Mr, Robert Bell's, and handed to him, without saying who had sent it, a box containing a note, worded as nearly as I re collect, as follows The Spirits present their compliments to Mr Robert Bell,and as a mark of their gratitude to him, they have the honour to return him the watch that was stolen from him," And a watch it really was that the box, contained, but a watch far finer and richer than the one which had disappeared. Mr, Robert Bell thought at once of Thackeray, and wrote to him without further explana tion—' I don't know if it is you, but it is very like you.' Thackeray, in reply, sent a caricature portrait of him self, drawn by his own hand, and representing a winged Spirit in a flowing robe, and spectacles on nose, Thackeray had in early life taken to painting, and perhaps if he had pursued his first vocation, he might have come in time to handle the brush as well as he afterwards handled the pen. At any rate, the drawing in question, as I can bear witness, was one to bring tears into your eyes for laughing. It was accompanied by a note as follows : The Spirit Gabriel presents its compliments to Mr. Robert Bell, and takes the liberty to communicate to him the por trait of the person who stood the watch.' Now, is not this bit of a story charming? What grace! what delicacy ! what humour in this inspiration of a friend who, to punish his friend for having done the Spirits the honour to speak of them, sends him with a smile a magnificent present I Honourable to Thackeray, this note is equally so to Robert Bell, who could inspire such feelings in such a man. And this is why I feel a double pleasure in relating it." THE GREAT EASTERN AND THE GIBRALTAR, ALIAS SUMTER, IN THE AUCTION-ROOM.—An enormous crowd thronged the Liverpool Cotton Sales Room, yesterday, to witness the sale of the Great Eastern by auction, by Meksrs. Cunard, Wilson, and Co. Mr. Cunard, the auc tioneer, after reading a description of the vessel and the usual conditions of sale, said that the bids must not be less than £l,OOO. Only one bid, however, was made by a Mr. Robinson, the amount of his bid being £50,000, and the auctioneer then announced that the reserved bid of the owners was £130,000, and after vain efforts to increase the offers, the vessel was withdrawn to the surprise of all pre sent, rumours as to various probable purchasers, including the Lottery Company, having been for some time current on 'Change. The Gibraltar, formerly so notorious as the Con federate cruiser Samter, was then put up and finally pur chased for £4,500 by a Mr. Patterson. SMOKELESS COAL (3,000 to 4,000 tons monthly) is being shipped from Cardiff in Wales to Nassau and con tiguous ports for the use of blockade runners, to whoa smoke is an abomination, as pointing out their whereabouts at sea. THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH did not say he had "the conviction," but simply " j'ai la confiance," that peace can be preserved, which is not precisely equivalent in meaning. DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS AT A FUNERAL AT PERTH.—In Monday's Mercury we mentioned that the body of Peter M'Culloch, tailor, Scone, had been found in the Tay. The body was taken to Scone, where it was interred on Tuesday, There is good reason to suppose that M'Culloch committed suicide; and it seems to be the general opinion amongst the antiquated inhabitants of Scone that the body of a suicide should not be allowed to enter the churchyard by the gate, but ought to be lifted over the wall. The reason for this is sup posed to be that, in the event of the body being allowed to pass through the gate, the first bride " kirked " thereafter will commit suicide within a very short period after her marriage, and that the first child carried to church to be christened will commit suicide before it reiched the age of eight years. As the hour for the funeral approached a bevy of the gudewives of Scone, num bering about forty, took up their position on the road lead ing to the graveyard, and as the humble cortege drew near they endeavoured, first by persuasion and at last by threats to prevent the coffin from being carried through the gate way. The undertaker expostulated with the angry dames, and at length, after a deal of wrangling and unseemly conduct, the remains were allowed to pass on. Who will say that the days of superstition are gone ?—Caledonian Mercury. PLYMOUTH, Thursday.—The East India and Lon don Shipping Company's screw steamship Indiana, Captain Smyth, bound to the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, and Calcutta, was off this port at seven in the morning, all well ; wind south 'east, a smart breeze. She left Gravesend at 3 p.m., on Monday last, and at dark anchored off the Nore Light ship, where she remained until Tuesday, at 8 a.m. Thick foggy weather was experienced in the Channel, which obliged her often to go at half speed. All last night she lay to off this port. The Indiana has a full general cargo and 70 passengers, including, for the Cape—Commander H. G. Simpson, R.N., Captain Brown, 11th Foot, Mr. Herbert, and Mr. Leckie; for Madras—Dr. Ramsbottom, Mr. Mober ley, Mr. Cramp, Dr. Bryson, Lieutenant Giffard, Dr. Kennedy, and Lieutenant Wolsely ; and for Calcutta—Mr, Clutterback, Dr. M'Yinnon, Miss Blanchard, Captain East, Mr. Neal, Lieut. Keyser, Mr. Wright, Ensign Bu chanan, Lieut. W. Hailes, Mr. Bourke, and Lieut. Wing field. The ship White Adder, belonging to Messrs. R. Willis and Co., of Lsadenhall-street, from London for Shanghai, passed down Channel this morning. Captain Glanville and the crew (five in all) of the schooner Thomas Protheroe, of Fowey, were landed here this evening by a pilot cutter. They state that at 1 o'clock this morning, wind E by S, the schooner was 16 miles SW of Portland on the port tack, reaching off the land, when the bark Augusta, Capt. P. Racmurfin, with timber from Christiansand, ran into her right amidships. The schooner foundered in five minutes. The bark, with the loss of jibboom and spritsail yard, has proceeded for Alicante. Captain Glanville and crew have been sent home by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. DENSE FOG AT LIVERPOOL.—A very dense fog enveloped the estuary of the Mersey as well as Liver pool and its environs on Wednesday night and during the early portion of yesterday. The fog was so dense as seriously to impede the navigation of the river. The darkness caused by the fog was so great as to prevent the arrival of seagoing steamers, none of which arrived in course of Wednesday. The Canadian mail steamer Jura only arrived in port yes terday morning, having been detained off the bar fully 17 hours. The Isle of Man steamer Tynwald was 29 hours on the passage to Liverpool, the time usually occu pied being six hours. The passengers for New York by the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia steamer City of New York, to sail on Wednesday, were unable to proceed on board the tender. Up to yesterday afternoon the City of New York was unable to proceed to sea, it being impossible to see half the length of the vessel. The Nova Scotian, for Portland, with the Canadian mails, was also detained. On Wednesday most of the ferry traffic across the Mersey was suspended, except that by Woodside. The Seaeombe steamer, with passengers on board, had to come to an anchor, and the passengers were detained on board all night. Fortunately, so far as is known,:ne serious casualty took place, THE Loss OF LIFE ON THE EAST COAST.—The fund which is being raised for the relief of widows and orphans of the poor men who perished during the great gale of last month, when fishing on board Great Yar mouth smacks, is steadily increasing. Yesterday the Mayor of Great Yarmourth (Mr. R. Steward) received the following letter, which affords another gratifying proof of the solici tude entertained by her Majesty for the welfare of all classes of her subjects :--" ()Ammo, Jan. 11. Sir,—The Queen has seen with feelings of sincere sympathy the ac counts which have appeared in the newspapers of the dis tress and sufferings of those poor widowsand orphans whose husbands and fathers have perished in the late gales. Her Majesty has directed mo to forward you the enclosed check for XlOO to be added to the sum already collected for their relief. The Queen would be glad that these poor widows and orphans should be made aware of her Majesty's sym• pathy also with them in their sorrows, which money cannot alleviate. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient hum ble servant, C. B. Pieirrs,—The Mayor of Great Yar mouth." At six o'clock yesterday morning, at Paris, the thermometer of M, Chevallier stood at 2 6-10ths below zero Centigrade (27 1-3 d Fahrenheit) ; at noon, 2 6-10ths above C. (361 F.); and at three o'clock, 4 above C. (39 1.-sth F.) 1331 3 i 107 8 1071 0i 7, 501 128 f 106 f f f 7, 1031 fluminess don, A Most Sensible Suggestion. In regard to the National Shakespeare Committee, if Mr. Charles Dickens (who is one of the Vice- Presidents) were to come prominently forward and put himself at the head of this movement, the details might safely be left to Messrs. Marston, Bell, Tom lins, Godwin, and other very competent gentlemen upon the acting committee. These men are not likely, if they undertake to do the work themselves, to be guilty of such blunders as Mr. Dixon's draft report. But this, if the credit of the movement is to be saved, must be done at once. Efficiency must come to the front rank, and inefficiency must fall back sometime before the expiration of the present month, or the public will lose all faith in the movement. It is idle to suppose that the Prince of Wales will allow his name to be connected with the matter until it has assumed a far better position than it oc cupies at present. There is something- ominous in that silence which the Times has hitherto pre served towards the business, which betokens any thing but good ; and Punch (usually a very fair barometer of the temper, both of the times and the Times) has opened fire this week with an exceed ingly humorous and—we fear —too close parody, of the late meetings of the committee. It is impossible to avoid recognising the identity of Messrs. Chick, D'Hammy, Spluff, and Wickins. And the worst of the matter is that (thanks to the mismanagement of its half-elected leaders) the National Shake spearean Committee is in anything but a state to encounter either criticism or ridicule.—Prom the new number of "The Queen," just published. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet. Sales, about 2,000 or 3,000 bales. Weekly Report—Sales, 29,640-5,040 on spec, 2,920 for export—actual export, 8,140. Quota tions—Middling Orleans, 28 —Mobile,27l —Upland, 271—estimated fair Egyptian, 28—Surats, 14 254. Week's import, 17,203. Stock, 250,360, The half-yearly report of the National Discount Company, to be presented on the 20th inst., shows a profit of £35,087, out of which £20,000 is recom mended to be applied to a dividend of 10 per coat., leaving £15,087 to be carried to reserve, which will thus be raised to £98,499. At the same time the directors propose that the nominal capital of the company should be increased from £2,000,000 to £3,000,000 by an issue of 40,000 new shares, to be off3red at £5 premium, with the view that the £200,000 that could thus be realised should be applied to raise the reserve fund to £3oo,ooo—a measure suggested by the experience that in pro portion to the growing strength of the reserve has been the increase of the confidence reposed in the establishment. The half-yearly report of the Imperial Bank, to be submitted on Monday next, states the available balance to be £9,613, of which £5,000 is recom mended to be appropriated to a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and £3,000 to a reserve, leaving £1,613 to be carried forward. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £7lO 2s. 3d. on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. A Naples letter says Travellers who formerly arrived in this city by railway or by sea may re , member the manner in which they were assailed by a swarm of porters who seized their trunks and all that they had, and imposed on them an arbi trary charge. Since the Ist of January those men have been divided into several companies, each having a chief, who is responsible for the conduct of those under him. They all wear a sort of uni form, and act on a tariff of prices carefully - drawn up. CAT-TALK WITH LITTLE CHILDREN.—" Come out upon the roof with me," the cat had said to Rudy distinctly and intelligibly; for when one is a young child, and can scarcely speak, fowls and ducks, cats and dogs, are almost as easily understood as the language that fathers and mothers use. One must be very little indeed then, however; it is the time when grandpapa's stick neighs and becomes a horse, with head, legs, and tail. Soule children retain their infantine thoughts longer than others, and of these it is said that they are very backward, exceedingly stupid children—people say so much. " Come out upon•the rocf with me, little Rudy," was one of the first things the cat said, and Rudy under stood him. "It is all nonsense co fancy one must fell down ; you won't fall unless you are afraid. Come I set one of your paws here, the other there, and take care of yourself with the rest of your paws I Keep a sharp look out, and be active in your limbs. If there be a hole, spring over it, and keep a firm footing as I do."--Sans Christian Andersen's Ice Maiden. THE ENGAGEMENT OF MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS at the St. James's is to last up to Easter. THE PANTOMIME AT DRURY-LANE is said to have cost £B,OOO. All this money is lavished upon canvas, and paint, and tinsel, which in a few weeks will become a heap of rubbish. Magnificence in theatrical matters can scarcely be carried beyond the point it has now reached. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The annual ball in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, Old Kent-road, was held yesterday evening at St. James's Hall, Mr. Donald having given up the whole of his spacious premises for the accommodation of the visi tors. St. James's Hall proper, making, with its peculiar style of illumination, perhaps the finest dancing-saloon in Europe, was soon fall, and the company began rapidly to overflow into the other two minor halls, the restaurant, and all the private rooms in the establishment. There were upwards of 2,000 per sons present, and the dancing to the excellent music of Adams' band of 40 performers was kept up to an early hour this morning. Light refreshments were served out in abun dance during the evening, and the seniors amongst the visitors were not slow in availing themselves of the more potent beverages with which Mr. Donald's - cellars are so amply stored. IMPLACABLE !—When Mr. Aretmus Ward, jour neying over the plains to California, was seized and plun dered by predatory Indians, the Sachem who stripped him made a speeeh, and said he hoped to meet him in the happy hunting-grounds. " If he du," adds Mr. Ward, in his account of the transaction, " there will be a fite." A CHASE AFTER THE WRONG SHIP.—An exciting chase took place a iew days since off the port of Brest, in consequence of the commander of the Federal corvette Kerseage mistaking the French war steamer Ren audin for the Confederate corvette Florida. The Kerseage was cruising off Ushant, watching for the Florida, having received orders to attack the Confederate steamer on her quitting Brest. The Renaudin, which resembles the Florida, was going out to sea, and was passing Iroise, when the captain of the Kerseage gave chase. The commander of the French ship having made himself known, the cap tain of the Kerseage hastened to apologise. This incident, it appears, his attracted the attention of the French naval authorities, and proved to them that the captain of the American steamer may involuntarily at tack his adversary in French waters, of which ho is not well acquainted with the boundaries. The port admiral . at Brest has consequently given orders that the steamship of the-line Wagram shall watch the movements of the two ships. and prevent them from engaging in French waters. The Florida, moreover, is not yet ready for sea. She made a trial trip on the 6th inst., and steamed as far as Couquet. The trial was most satisfactory, and the log gave a speed of 13 knots an hour even within the goulet. The Confederate corvette Rappahannock is still in the pert of Calais under repairs. LIFEBOAT EXPENSES.—Daring the year which has just closed the National Lifeboat Institution has incurred the following expenses on either additional new lifeboat stations, or the replacing of old boats, transporting carriages, and boat-houses by new ones—viz., Berwick-on- Tweed, £3lO, Filey £267, Birdlington £340, Blakeney £196, Thorpness £2OO, Hastings £196, Eastborne £265, Teignmouth £574, Sennen £340, Bade 292, Pembrey £203, Cardigan £l9B, Porthdinllaen £273, Lythan £513, Fleet•. wood £l6l, and Arklow £204. The society has also expended on the repairs, stores, painting, alterations and inspection of its numerous lifeboats, boat-houses, and transporting car riages, and four spare lifeboats and carriages, £6,815 14s. Id. ; and £2,441 9s. Id. for coxswains' salaries, and exercising the crews of its lifeboats, making altogether a total of £13,819 3s. 2d. The National Lifeboat Institution has also granted during the same period XlO5l Gs. 4d. as rewards fur saving by its lifeboats and other means, 714 persons from a large number of shipwrecks on our coasts. A most satisfactory result, and clearly showing how much can be accomplished by the well directed efforts which the Institution has brought to boar on this humane work. The Society has now 125 lifeboats under its management. Each of these establishments requires about £5O a year to keep it in an effective state. Again, the cost of a complete lifeboat station is about £6OO, including the expense of the lifeboat and the equipment, transporting carriage, and boat-house. The operations of the Lifeboat Institution now extend all over the coasts of the British Isles. To maintain and per petuate these operations is a matter of earnest and constant solicitude to the committee. They have incurred a great responsibility, but they do not shrink from it, and are de - termined, with the continued sympathy and liberality of the British public, to leave no effort untried that can in any way tend to lessen the fearful annual loss of life from ship wrecks on our shores, SECOND EDITION. UN OFFICE, IL LF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. TURKEY. MARSEILLES, lan.. 14.—Accounts have been re ceived from Constantinople to the 7th. Great agitation prevails at ,Antioch. The plague is said to have broken out in Persia. The Russian Govern ment is said to be mance uvring in order to take the trade from Trebisond an bring it to Poti. Civil war has recommenced at Herat. The inhabitants have revolted against the soy. of Dust Mohammed_ The populations of Affghenis tan are discontented, and have applied to the Persians for assistance. The Shah is assembling au army of 40,000 men, which he intends to acrid to the frontier of the Khorassan. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. DENMARK. BANQUET TO THE RIGSRAD-SPEECH OF THE PIiESIDENT AND REPLY OF THE KING. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 15. Yesterday the King gave a banquet to the Rigs rad. The President of the Lower House, in pro posing a toast to the King, said—" The Danes have determined upon remaining a free and independent people. The army will willingly undertake the hardships of a campaign, because they know they would be fighting for the rights of their Ki ng and their fellow-countrymen. The people confide in the King, because convinced that he will respect the laws of the land. They also share the joy of the Royal family on the accouchement of Princess Alexandra." The King replied as follows :—"' The Danish Rigsraad will, as in former times, protect the rights of the people. I solemnly promise ever to uphold the liberty and independence of Denmark, and to protect the rights of the Crown." His Majesty's speech was received with great applause, MEXICO. VERA CRUZ, Dec. 15 ,(via St. Nazaire). The statement that General Doblado had been assassinated is without foundation. General Doblado has proposed to General Bazaine the basis of an arrangement. The latter, however, rejected it. Senor Soles and Mgr. Labastida reA main as members of the Regency. President Lincoln is said to have refused to assist Juarez. General Donai has occupied Guanajuato. Civil war has broken out in Yucatan. The Federals continue to send reinforcements to ;he Rio Grande. LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening, CROWN. OFFICE, JAN. 12. The Queen has been pleased, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to give and grant unto William Ballantine, Sergeant-at-Law, place and precedence within the Bar next after Joseph Powell, Esq , one of her Majesty's Council learned in the law now being. MARLBOROUGH •HOUSE, JAN, 13. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased to appoint Arthur Farre, M.D., F.R.S., and George Thomp son Gream, Physician-Accoucheurs to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 15. 4th Hussars—Arthur Brandreth Corrie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice William Smith Cooke, pro- meted,. - - Royal Artillery—Gentleman Cadet Philip Henry Monbray to be Lieutenant, vice Raynsford, promoted—Gentleman Cadet John Henry Murray to be Lieutenant, vice Gillies, killed in action—Sergeant .Major Oliver Ormes to be Riding Master—Sergeant-Major William Johnston to be Riding Master—Sergeant Alexander Webster to be Riding Master—The services of Veterinary Surgeon Greatorex Naden, half-pay, have been dispensed with, from Nov. 6, 1863. Royal Engineers—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants with temporary rank :—Francis Mascall,vice Burton, promoted—John Townshend Buck vice Faber, promoted—Elliott, Wood,vice Hills, pro moted—Henry Elsdale, vice Penny, promoted—Johnson William Savage, vice Watts, promoted—Hendley Paul Kirkwood, vice Champain, promoted—Frank Vincent Corbett, vice Twiggs, promoted—Arthur Granville Clay ton, vice Pemberton, promoted—John Walter Ottley, vice C. C. M. Mackenzie, deceased—Sydenham John Lambert, vice Thorold, promoted—Charles Thomas Harrison, vice McClure, resigned. Military Train—Captain and Brevet-Major James Henry Wyatt, C. 8., to be Major, vice Joseph Salis, deceased— Lieutenant Lynch John Keogh to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major James Henry Wyatt,C.B.—Ensign James Simpson to be Lieutenant, vice Keogh. 4th Regiment, of Foot--Gentlemen Cadet Henry Moore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Reginald Carey Annesley, transferred to the 79th Foot. 15t►h Foot—Ensign William Fraser, from 61st Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Biyan Stratford, who retires upon half-pay. 56th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederic John Curtin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Arthur Adolphus L. F. Levert, transferred to the 61st Foot. 61st Foot—Ensign Arthur Adolphus L. F. Levert, from the 56th Foot, to be Ensign, vice William Fraser, ap pointed Quartermaster 16th Foot. 67th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Fishe, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Herbert Reid Lempriere, promoted. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Robert Lewis to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Charles Francis Smith, killed in action —Ensign Hugh Fraser to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Lewis—Gentleman Cadet Charles Loswell Norman, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fraser. . . 78th Foue—Lieut. Henry B. Savory to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick Henry Walsh who retires— Ensign Edward Pakenham Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Savory—Gentleman Cadet Bertie George Jarvis, tram the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart. 79th Foot—Ensign. Walter Douglas Somerset Campbell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomas Ballard Dougal, killed in action—Ensign Reginald Carey Annesley, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Campbell. 92d Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Chalmer, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Charles Stuart Forster Alleyne, deceased. _ _ Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Lewis PcrCivai to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hector Stewart Vandeleur, who retires— Ensign the Hon. Edward Courtenay Vaughan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Percival—Montagu Brook Wilbraham Eaylor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Hon. Edward Courtenay Vaughan. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Christian Bamford Steward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice T, Nicholson, who retires. _ . _ sth West India Regiment—John Baptiste De Packh, Esq., lale Lieutenant 6th Regiment British German Legion, to be Paymaster. CAVALRY DEPOT (Maidstone) —Captain Thomas E. An derson, half pay, late 24th Foot, has been permitted to resign the adjutancy. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon, Peter Davidson, M.D., to be Staff Surgeon—Staff Assistant- Surgeon Thomas Robert Williams, M. 8., to be Staff- Surgeon, vice Francis Lewis Fitz Gerald, deceased — Assistant-Surgeon George M‘Gusty Carolan, from 72d. Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Robert Williams, M. 13., promoted on the Staff—Assistant-Sur geon Richard Henry, from 91st Foot, to be Staff Assis tant-Surgeon, vise Peter Davidson, M.D., promoted on the Staff—Thomas Moriarty, Gent., to be Staff Assistant Surgeon. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John Henry Eefroy, Royal Artillery, to have the temporary rank of Brigadier- G-eneral wnilo serving as President of the Ordnance Select Committee. Lieut.-Colonel Percy Arthur Butler, 28th Foot, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th. October, 1858, to be Colonel. Second Captain and Brevet-Major Robert Biddulph, Royal Artillery, to be Lieut.-Colonel Captain Henry Wray, Royal Engineers, to have the local rank of Major while employed in Japan. Quartermaster Bryan Stratford, half-pay, late 15th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 12. Royal Marine Light Infantry—The following Gentlemen Cadets are appointed Second Lieutenants :—Messrs. Ed ward Anson Ford, Laurence Fortescue, John Oakley Maund, Frederick Baldwin, Edward Hastings Parka, uhu Craigie, William Miller Ad o lph us Edward Sparshott, John Anderson Rae Maechnie, and Frederick Morton Eden. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : William Pryterch, farmer, Anglesey William Ward, publican, Scarborough Jonathan Fullilove, printer, Croydon James S. Brett, baker, Balham, Surrey George McClure, merchant, Manchester Henry W. Taylor, striker, Derby Edward Bustin, hair di esser, Exeter William Warren, dealer in earthenware, Coventry Edward Loysel, general merchant, Cannon. street, City Noah Marshall, plumber, Caledonian-road William Henry Price, builder, Lambeth John Moses Aaron, furniture dealer, Euston-road Thomas P. Ivison, civil engineer, Hampstead-road Thomas Shute, shoemaker, ‘Valworth Thomas Pool, farmer, Botcheston, Leicestershire Stephen W. Brown, stationer, Brentwood, Essex Joseph Lee, jun,, farmer, Ripon Richard W. Graves, painter, Birmingham John smith, joiner, Whitwick, Leicester Benjamin Lane, cattle dealer, Norfolk SCO rem BANKRUPT. ueen, fish cute r, I eland of Skyo Julia Mae, BEILGEIt, THE GREAT _BILLIARD PLAYER, has now settled in Lyons, where he has become the proprietor of the " Cate du 1' 1:». siecle," which he reopened on Christmas-day. t of t" sobe r! Ao .ts• ,re were 3 11°1r leoc e, oor roioe.; oiort of Dor a cord t, tthe tY • „jog , 0 01'" ;8100 gl e l° : t tlia